Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update

[joe.pistell]

Heads up everyone, Google's made another update: Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update, Plus Changes To How It Evaluates Links, Local Search Rankings & Much More

Check your rankings for car searches, I've vanished off page one and I see a sh*t load of classified sites coming in places where dealers usually are.

 

[yagoparamo]

Joe,

Would you share your thoughts as of why your site/one of your sites went down in the rankings VS classified sites?

 

[Billfred]

Joe,

Would you share your thoughts as of why your site/one of your sites went down in the rankings VS classified sites?

I'd have to co-sign this request--I tried a few terms we go after and found no real change. Which means that either:

a) I haven't gotten the updates yet,
b) We're that darn good (but if Uncle Joe's getting dinged, I'm inherently skeptical), or
c) You and I aren't looking at the same things...

 

[john.quinn]

Heads up everyone, Google's made another update: Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update, Plus Changes To How It Evaluates Links, Local Search Rankings & Much More

Check your rankings for car searches, I've vanished off page one and I see a sh*t load of classified sites coming in places where dealers usually are.

Quick reading of the article suggests that perhaps "where" the search was conducted is playing a larger role than a few weeks ago? (Or am I reading that wrong...)

 

[joe.pistell]

Off the charts busy here. I check my SERPs at 3-6 times a month. Nothing scientific. One look I make is at Google Analytics. I look at top organic keyword traffic*. All top 10 KWs are off page one.


ALSO, possibly related, HomeNet just moved my site to faster servers about 10 days ago.

*KWs that do not contain the dealers name (aka yellow pages traffic)

 

[joe.pistell]

here is an Aug 2010 look at SERPs for me to compare http://bit.ly/AjBzn8


It's from this DR post covering CarGurus.com: CarGurus.com Takes on AutoTrader and Cars.com in the Local SEO/Search Results

 

[Billfred]

Off the charts busy here. I check my SERPs at 3-6 times a month. Nothing scientific. One look I make is at Google Analytics. I look at top organic keyword traffic*. All top 10 KWs are off page one.

*KWs that do not contain the dealers name (aka yellow pages traffic)

At your suggestion, I went into Google Analytics myself and ran a similar report (one that excluded keywords containing "hudson" or "jimhudson" in my case). I've had pancakes that are less flat than that graph...a tiny bit of a trend down, but nothing alarming. But it is on my list of things to monitor.

 

[joe.pistell]

TY Billfred! This is very recent, so IF there is any wiggle in your chart, it'll be on the far right side

thnx again!

 

[joe.pistell]

... I look at top organic keyword traffic*. All top 10 KWs are off page one.

ALSO, possibly related, HomeNet just moved my site to faster servers about 10 days ago.

*KWs that do not contain the dealers name (aka yellow pages traffic)

Good news, we're back in the saddle. Found some technical problems on the server swap. Google likes us again

 

[Billfred]

Good news, we're back in the saddle. Found some technical problems on the server swap. Google likes us again

Really, who doesn't like y'all?

To show my math for anyone else trying this at home (I have it saved as a widget on the dashboard, my new favorite thing about Google Analytics, but the terms apply if you just use advanced filters on a regular report too):